[and you’re gonna hear me] ROAR

The truth is this song is empowering. The song doesn’t only make me happy; it energizes me. It’s like my battery charger, I suppose. It is the song of an independent woman who can take care of herself. It’s not on my play list and I don’t listen to it often but when I hear it, I feel it. My spirit dances to it. It is [still] my song! Listen to it. Sing along with it. You’ll understand what I’m saying.

ROAR

(Katy Perry)

I used to bite my tongue and hold my breathScared to rock the boat and make a messSo I sat quietly, agreed politelyI guess that I forgot I had a choiceI let you push me past the breaking pointI stood for nothing, so I fell for everything

You held me down, but I got up (hey!)Already brushing off the dustYou hear my voice, your hear that soundLike thunder, gonna shake your groundYou held me down, but I got upGet ready ’cause I’ve had enoughI see it all, I see it now

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighterDancing through the fire‘Cause I am the champion, and you’re gonna hear me roarLouder, louder than a lion‘Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar!

Now I’m floating like a butterflyStinging like a bee I earned my stripesI went from zero, to my own hero

You held me down, but I got up (hey!)Already brushing off the dustYou hear my voice, your hear that soundLike thunder, gonna shake the groundYou held me down, but I got upGet ready ’cause I’ve had enoughI see it all, I see it now

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighterDancing through the fire‘Cause I am the champion, and you’re gonna hear me roarLouder, louder than a lion‘Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar!

A bit about me

I'm a Philippine island girl in Africa, a Filipino-South African.
A mad banana woman that I am, I live "la vida loca". The banana part isn’t only because I'm Anna (Banana) but because an old boyfriend had observed that although Asian (yellow on the outside) I'm very much Caucasian in my way of thinking (white in the inside) and my actions, too. It's a rather accurate observation. I am that liberal-thinking and modern-acting Filipino... I remain my tragic-comedic self with a day job in slightly more serious field of Finance, Business Operations and Corporate Affairs.